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Draft Plans released for Woolloongabba Bikeway Project
September 05, 2017
Brisbane City Council has released more detailed designs for the Woolloongabba Bikeway Project, which will install separated bike lanes along Stanley Street and Annerley Road. While bike lanes like this are common in many...
Read More ShareComments Regarding Development Application A004623409 on the corner of Hope Street and Fish Lane, South Brisbane
August 08, 2017
For anyone who's interested, below you will find the comments I've submitted in opposition to DA A004623409 - known by some as 'the Aria development with the waterfall'. I don't ordinarily spend the time writing...
Read More ShareWhat's going on with the Queen Bess St 'Park' in Woolloongabba?
August 01, 2017
For years now, residents have been asking that the triangular block of government-owned land at the southern end of Queen Bess Street in Woolloongabba be converted into a public park. There’s a similar slightly...
Read More ShareMedia release: Cyclists Stage Mass Die-in to Protest Reduction in Access over Victoria Bridge and Lack of Bike Lanes Throughout Brisbane
July 21, 2017
Hundreds of cyclists will stage a temporary die-in on Victoria Bridge tomorrow in response to a Brisbane City Council proposal to reduce cycling access over the Victoria Bridge. As part of a mass bike...
Read More ShareWhatever happened to the Victoria Street CityCat Terminal?
July 19, 2017
Every so often, our office receives an enquiry about what happened to the proposed CityCat terminal that was supposed to be installed at the end of Victoria Street in West End. And every time,...
Read More ShareThoughts on Organisational Responses to Complaints of Sexual Abuse and Rape
June 21, 2017
There’s been a decent amount of media coverage about the fact that the NSW Greens did a way-less-than-ideal job of responding to concerns and complaints that a younger male member of the party had...
Read More ShareBrisbane City Council 2017 Budget Blog
June 14, 2017
Brisbane City Council just released its annual budget for 2017/18 June is budget time, and while most of the media attention is on State and Federal Government budgets, Brisbane City Council has also just...
Read More ShareWhat is the State Government’s Role in Approving the Widening of Lytton Road?
May 30, 2017
The widening of Lytton Road in East Brisbane is a Brisbane City Council project – ‘Wynnum Road Corridor Upgrade: Stage 1’, which involves widening a stretch of Lytton Road between Latrobe Street and Norman...
Read More ShareResidents protest against loss of character homes and heritage-listed parkland
May 23, 2017
Frustrated residents will protest outside Queensland Parliament House on Wednesday against the $115 million widening of Lytton Road in East Brisbane, which will include the destruction of character homes, reclaiming heritage-listed parkland and the...
Read More ShareWhat should we make of the illegal Stafford Street demolition saga?
May 16, 2017
Illegal demolitions of character homes are troubling, but they are potentially also a distraction from deeper systemic issues that contribute to unsustainable gentrification and the legal destruction of local heritage homes. Many of you will have...
Read More ShareWhy is the Queensland Government Prioritizing Another Footbridge at South Bank?
May 08, 2017
There’s been a bit of talk about bridges lately, after UQ released a draft masterplan proposing two possible options for green bridges between West End and St Lucia. Option 1 is a bridge between Orleigh Park...
Read More ShareSubmission regarding the review of Queensland property law and proposed changes to body corporate laws
May 02, 2017
Dear Review Team, I write regarding the ‘Review of Property Law in Queensland’ conducted by QUT’s Commercial and Property Law Research Centre. I write to raise my strong concerns about the review process –...
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